I Have a Safari Park

After seeing the blue sheep, Fang Ye and Lan Li walked forward again and came to the vicinity of the territory of the sika deer.

The vegetation here is much denser than the red fox hills and the rocky mountain area of ​​the blue sheep!

If you look closely, you will find that the trees are covered with a protective net, which is to prevent the sika deer from gnawing on the bark.

Although it is convenient to have a system to replenish trees, it is better to be able to do protection.

In the grass on the opposite side is a small sika deer, whose body is obviously smaller than that of an adult deer.

Run quickly to the edge of the fence, and look at the tourists across the wooden fence!

The ears are long and large, and there are white spots on the brown-yellow fur, like plum blossoms. This is the most obvious feature of the sika deer, and it is also the source of their name!

The little sika deer is a little curious about the tourists. The black round eyes stare straight at the tourists, and there are eyelashes on the eyes, which looks beautiful and cute.

I have to say, looks great!

It is no wonder that in many fairy tales or cartoons, deer are used as a symbol of purity and beauty.

"Wow, this little deer is so cute!"

When the tourists saw that the deer liked it, the deer suddenly opened his mouth and made a crisp and tender voice: "Hey!"

The parents with the children kept laughing: "Hey, this little deer is so funny!"

There was an otaku who liked to watch anime with a shocked expression and pinched his cheek: "Damn it!? Did I hear it wrong?"

The little deer said in a sincere tone: "Hey!"

It's not an illusion, that's what it's called!

"Na! Na!"

Called several times in a row!

After the initial shock, the otaku became excited and took out his mobile phone: "This little sika deer is the second thorn salamander! Come and let me record a video for you!"

The deer suddenly turned around and ran away!

"Eh~" The tourists looked at its distant back and made regretful voices.

"Yo~yo~~~!"

At this time, there was a whistling-like high-pitched cry in the distance.

The tourists suddenly looked around curiously: "Who is whistling? It's so good!"

"It seems to be in the exhibition area!"

"Is the breeder blowing the whistle? Is it training the animals?"

"Yo~Yo~~~"

The pleasant whistle is as long as a needle and has a strong penetrating power!

Fang Ye coughed twice, attracting the attention of the tourists, and said with a smile: "This is not the whistle of our breeder, but the call of the sika deer!"

"Director Fang! How are you, Director!"

"The call of the sika deer?"

Fang Ye nodded and smiled: "Yo Yo Lu Ming, the apple of the wild! Don't you all have heard of this poem?

The cry of an adult sika deer is this kind of "yoyo" sound. Recently, the sika deer is in estrus, and the male sika deer will chirp louder than usual to warn other competitors! Does it sound nice? "

"It sounds really good!"

Just as he was talking, a sika deer ran from the back of the woods to the grass, making a pleasant cry of "yoyo", its eyes widened, and it looked at the tourists vigilantly.

At this time, a tourist touched his chin, frowned, and seemed to have found something wrong. "Parkmaster, you said this is the sound of a male sika deer calling for warning. Is this just a male sika deer?"

"That's right!"

"Then why doesn't it have antlers on its head?"

"Hey, really!"

Tourists immediately thought of deer antler!

Are the antlers cut off and sold for money?

Even if the farm does this, the zoo does it too?

Can't help asking: "Director, this is not good, shouldn't the zoo be to show the natural beauty of animals?"

Fang Ye didn't say anything, but a tourist said first: "Have you not seen the sign there? The sign said that the antlers in the park have been cut off, because the deer will fight, so cut off the antlers. To keep them safe!"

Fang Ye explained with a smile: "Although there are instructions on the exhibition board, I will tell you about it here.

Why cut off the antlers of deer? First of all, like human nails, deer antlers will continue to grow. Even if we don't cut them, they will naturally fall off every year.

The newborn antlers are called antlers, and there is a layer of down on the outside, which will gradually harden into bone antlers.

The antlers we cut are not antlers, but fully ossified antlers that are of little value.

When they are in estrus, in order to make the horns more beneficial when fighting, they will grind the horns on the rocks on the trees to make the horns sharp and sharp. The horns after grinding are like sharp spears, you can imagine!

Bucks are very violent! Not only will they attack each other, they will even attack doe and fawns during estrus.

This is very dangerous for breeders and other animals.

Deer are sensitive and cautious animals, even a little nervous, which is a necessary guarantee for them to survive in the wild. They are very vigilant when there is a little trouble, and they must keep a distance from predators to avoid being hurt.

This sensitive nature is written in the genes and will not disappear because of the captive environment.

Originally, this deer is very sensitive. I don't know when it will feel threatened by people. If the breeder is feeding it, any tendon is suddenly wrong, and it will be stabbed at the chest. It is not a blood hole. gone.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of other animals and breeders, deer will be cut off their horns.

The antlers on the head of the deer are a beautiful display, and I can understand everyone's desire to see the antlers on the head of the sika deer.

However, if you really leave the horns, you may see not only the beautiful antlers, but also the scene where they fight bayonet against each other. This is still a bit bloody, can everyone accept it? "

The tourists showed thoughtful expressions!

Indeed, what they want to see is the cuteness and beauty of the sika deer, not poking their horns into the heads of other animals, poking their eyeballs, and blood gushing all over the floor, which is a bit scary to think about.

Fang Ye finally joked: "The most important thing is that even if the two antlers can be sold for a few dollars, the cost of raising them will not be enough."

The tourists couldn't help laughing when they heard this sentence: "Haha, indeed!"

Even if other zoos explain this, they may still wonder if the antlers are cut for sale, but the environment and maintenance costs of this park are definitely more expensive than deer antlers.

Not only the antlers, but also the horns of the blue sheep were ground and polished, and the tips of the horns were bald.

Like this, there may be places where tourists may have doubts, so it is necessary to prepare the exhibition signs in advance to introduce the situation to the tourists. You cannot wait for doubts to explain.

Many parts of the zoo are actually counter-intuitive and require an understanding of the animal's habits to understand.

For example, in the monkey exhibition area, steel mesh is used as a barrier, which is more beautiful than the transparent glass curtain wall, and it is more convenient to take pictures of animals.

People look uncomfortable, but for monkeys, the wire mesh increases space utilization, expands their range of activities, and allows them to perform more climbing behaviors, which increases animal welfare.